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Welcome to NorthWest Tonight with Gordon Burns. Hospital in crisis -

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the maternity unit under police investigation is again told it does

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not meet proper health care Tonight, we have exclusive access

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to patients in that maternity unit to hear about their experiences.

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There was never a question that I was going to go somewhere else to

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have my baby. Salford to become part of

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Manchester - just one of the proposals for radial parliamentary

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boundary changes. Colour me purple or any other

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colour but what does your choice say about your health?

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I am back at Old Trafford playing Serious concerns a second --

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Monitor has asked Morecambe Bay Trust to be put on a red risk

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rating. One of the trust hospitals, Furness

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General, is under police investigation following the deaths

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of babies there. The unit is still open and today North West Tonight

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was given exclusive access. Peter Marshall is at the hospital now.

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After all the controversy, after the reports that have criticised

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maternity services here, I was allowed on to the maternity wards

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today, given the chance to talk to patients there and to ask them what

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they made of the surface that has been criticised. I have to say,

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morale was high. Inside, become to perk -- the

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controversial maternity ward. is perfect. Very happy that she is

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here. Philippa is one of the unit's latest arrivals. The Pride parents,

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Ellie and John. I wouldn't be human if so wasn't nervous about it. I

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have met people that have had babies here and have had excellent

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care. I wouldn't want to go anywhere else. Being here has been

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wonderful. They have helped us all the way. It has been as relaxing as

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having a baby can be. We have been helped through every aspect of

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looking after her and the birth. While keen to show off thank you

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cars, the unit took a fresh blow today, getting a red risk rating.

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The rating says: We will be plating did Trust and a cruise -- close

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scrutiny and considering whether regulatory action may be required

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to address our concerns.". Those concerns were, inadequate staffing

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at weekends, failure to properly report incidents. Over the past

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years, we have made improvements and are confident the care provided

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by our midwives and doctors is meeting a high a standard of safety.

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With police investigating deaths there and concerns over the

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Morecambe Bay NHS Trust performance, it is unsettling for patients.

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Staffing is an issue everywhere in hospital. There is not enough money

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getting put in so they can't expect miracles. Care of my friends and

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family has not been up to standards. They say improvements have been

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made. Talk to as Peter about this red

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risk rating. What does it mean for the trust?

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They are 138 NHS trusts in England and 10 of those have these ratings.

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As to Monitor, what powers they have? They will be talking to them

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to find out what is being done to redress the matters that have been

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highlighted here. In extreme cases, Monitor can replace a whole NHS

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Trust board. It has only been done twice before. Unusual in extreme

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cases, it can also close an entire unit. That would be an unusual move.

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The Trust here has until 21st November to prove it is putting

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things right. The Trust is going to great lengths

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to, people's worries, aren't they? Very much the message here is that

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it is open for business as usual and it is safe to come here. We had

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a statement issued by a senior near thing -- nursing staff, they said

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they would like to reassure the public that they will leave no

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stone unturned to get it right for all women. They said that they

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delivered 1140 babies in at 2010. They have published a helpline

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Where you live might be about to change. At least politically

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speaking. Proposals have been published to radically redraw the

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political map, altering constituencies and even abolishing

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some altogether. They are 72 constituencies in the

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region, each electing a single MP. Almost all of them will be affected.

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Arif Ansari is here. This is one of the most radical

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shake-ups in decades. The idea is to reduce the number of seats but

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make them larger and more equally sized. In the North West, the

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number of MPs would fall from 72-66. Labour tend to win smaller seats in

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big cities. You can see their numbers here. Remember, only seven

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constituencies are unchanged. Every other one has the boundaries. -- a

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new boundaries. It was thought that George Osborne would be in trouble

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and it is renamed Northwich. Tim Farron, might have a fight on in

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Cumbria. The new constituency of Kendal and Penrith is being created,

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potentially pitted him against a high profile Tory, Rory Stuart.

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Hazel Blears has an even bigger problem. Her constituency, Salford

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and Eccles, is being broken up completely and shared out amongst

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different constituencies. Her voters will still live in

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Salford but this city's distinct voice will be muffled. Salford

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Quays will become part of Manchester Central, not just

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another constituency, but another city. Will voters back the

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proposals? Salford is a town on its own because we have our own

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cathedral. It will be a fact that we don't want her to move with

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Manchester. It doesn't bother me at all. They will be bothered. They

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are not Manchester, are they? Labour MPs who found their seats

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less safe or even disappearing, have attacked this. It is drawing

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boundaries for a party's advantage. When they attempt to make the

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boundaries of Fair, it is nonsense to talk about gerrymandering.

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cross county seats are being created. Some will have to merge

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with to Greater Manchester seats. The Chancellor's Tatton

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constituency, largely survives, renamed it Northwich, his neighbour

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is not so lucky. It is the right thing to do. The coalition

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Government committed to cutting the cost of politics by reducing 50

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constituencies and MPs. That is part of that process. Graham Evans,

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the Conservative MP there for Weaver Vale who looks as if he is

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going to lose his seat in Parliament as a result of these

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changes. These are just proposals and many will be fighting to get

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them changed. The desire to create seats with equal numbers of voters

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will be fairer but it has led to an conventional constituencies being

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considered. In Cumbria, the family of a British

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tourist kidnapped on holiday in Kenya waiting anxiously for news.

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Judith Tebbit who is from Ulverston it is still missing. Her husband,

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David, was killed in the early hours of Sunday.

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Parliament will debate whether secret Government files on the

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Hillsborough disaster should be released to the public. The local

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water lumpy, Steve Rotheram, who was at the game, wanted a debate in

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the Commons. The release of the papers will be discussed on of to

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the 17th. The family of the student killed

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when he ran into Labour's while chasing a Robin Manchester have

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paid tribute to him. 21-year-old David Schofield, was running after

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cyclist who snatched his mobile phone when he was hit by an

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anchorman best. His family say he lived life to the fore and was the

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heart and soul of every party. -- live to life to the fore.

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Jobs are being created by a regatta. They will build a distribution

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centre in Ellesmere court. The father of an Iraqi civilian

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beaten to death by its soldiers from at the Lancashire Regiment

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have called for those responsible to be prosecuted. Douad Mousa that

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made the plea at a press conference this morning.

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An inquiry into Baha Mousa's deft said he was the victim of an

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appalling episode of serious gratuitous violence by troops from

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the Queen's Lancashire Regiment. This is Baha Mousa, family man,

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father of two, hotel receptionist. This is him after he had spend time

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detained by members of the 1st Battalion, the Queen's Lancashire

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Regiment into peasantry. It is the way of criminals. They

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seem to be in love with themselves and they seem to like hurting

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others. Last week, an inquiry concluded that Baha Mousa and

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others had been subjected to gratuitous violence and illegal

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torture. You have had an apology from the British Army, what would

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you want? TRANSLATION: Did apology will not bring my son back to me.

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My son was kept there for two days, beaten, abused and tortured. An

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apology were not suffice for this. Today come at a news conference in

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London, lawyers for the family said they wanted to take matters further.

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They're referring the cases of several soldiers and officers to

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the Director of Public opera -- Director of Public Prosecutions,

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saying they should face charges. They will be concerned. These are

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very, very serious matters. A man is dead and nine others very badly

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beaten up. One of the others was lucky to survive. Tomorrow, it will

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be seven years to the day that Baha Mousa was arrested. His family say

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they will never know peace until Still to come...

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Joined me up on the roof to find out why 100,000 honey bees are here

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on top of a shopping centre. Fighting back in Rip-off Britain.

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Angela Rippon tells us why she is on your side as she battles for

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How are you feeling today? Blue? Maybe you are in the pink? Or even

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an olive shade of green? No, he has not taken leave of his senses.

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Health experts do believe that colour really could be a good way

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of measuring your mood. And tomorrow they will be trying to

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reveal Manchester's true colours. Stewart Flinders reports.

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I am in a happy mood what colour is it? For blue! Gold. Age. What does

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that mean? For boring, ordinarily. Yellow. Feeling blue? Looking

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black? Seeing red? The wisdom of our ancestors is in these savings.

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And maybe they were on to something. At Sale Grammar they had been

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conducting an experiment. A team of experts say specific colours

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reflect specific moods. Healthy individuals choose certain types of

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colours, whereas people who are anxious and depressed go for other

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types of colour. Yes, it is Angela Rippon. She was filming in an --

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Manchester today. Five pink. Why? Because I am a girl. If it you were

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in a bad mood? Very dark grey. Tomorrow, the same team will be

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testing the colour temperature of Manchester by asking passers-by in

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Albert Square to pick a colour that reflects their mood. They say there

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is a serious side to this. This is a way in which you can first work

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out how the person is feeling, and that often gives you a guide as to

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how you are able to help them. you just asked them? You can, but

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the colour wheel helps overcome some of the difficulties of

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different cultures and difficulties with answering questions.

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Researchers will reveal Manchester's true colours in

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December. Are you feeling a bit blue then? I

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am feeling read. We will find out what all that means eventually! As

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you saw, Angela Rippon was talking to Stewart in Manchester today.

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Although he got her her first, she came into the studio as well to

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talk about her popular daytime show, Rip-off Britain. The new series

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starts in November, but this weekend she and the team are taking

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the show on the road. They are setting up a pot up shop in the

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Trafford Centre to deal with your consumer concerns on the spot. She

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has been telling us how the shops will work. Four we have two of them,

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one on Saturday and won on Sunday. We will be on the first floor have.

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And it is an opportunity for members of the public to come and

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meet a panel of experts who will be able to help them with any of the

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problems they have regarding any kind of rip-off, any kind of

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complaint, any kind of problem they have with a contract. All those

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things, which are really Chris tour programme, Rip-off Britain. We get

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a huge mailbag from people who feel that they are being hard done by

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war ripped off. And we thought this was a wonderful opportunity not

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just to deal with things we get in the post but to meet members of the

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public and give a greater number of people the opportunity to solve

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their problems. Whether they want to talk to someone from Trading

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Standards, or someone who is an expert in holiday in all, or in

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contracts, or in utilities or what ever. They can actually come, and

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the most important thing is that they must bring any relevant

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paperwork if they have a problem with that particular thing. Are all

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three will be there? A Yes. All three of us will be there. Me will

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also be filming some of what we do, and hopefully some of the people

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that come will be prepared to be part of the programme. So it is a

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double edged thing, sorting out problems on the spot and also

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possibly featuring some of them in the television series when it hits

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the air. It has been such a huge success. It just shows that people

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had been crying out for some work to turn. Often you are left

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confused by what companies are telling you. What were you most

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proud of tackling last time? went for utilities, we went for

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banks and holiday companies. driving school as well? Yes, all

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sorts. I think anywhere that the public felt they were being ripped

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off and not given a good deal. The trouble is that nowadays, everyone

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is pressed for money. So what you have you want to hang on to. So you

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do not want someone coming along and finding a way through small

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print for some report schemes... Just something which means that you

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do not get the deal you thought you were going to get. And in this new

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series, we have already got occasions where people with utility

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bills... And have a letter I have brought with me today, NAD he was

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in her eighties. And one of the utility companies is holding �408

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of her money bet she has overpaid. She wants that money in her bank

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account! She does not want it to the and their bank account! There

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are so many different examples where people are being ripped off.

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You said the new series started in November. Is it different from the

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other ones? No, the only thing that is new is that we're going to talk

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to a locked more people. It will be going out on daytime television and

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in the new year on prime time. Saturday, we will be in the

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Trafford Centre from 10 until six. Come and see us, and bring your

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problems! I am sure they will. It is great to talk to you.

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Is there is a Big Issue, you will know what it is for it -- what it

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is for! Big due. And honey bees are still in trouble.

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Colony numbers have fallen for the 4th year in a row. The British

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Beekeepers Association says more hives are needed if the decline is

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to be brought under control. And the latest are in the most unlikely

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of locations. Busy, busy, busy. But the activity

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in Warrington's biggest shopping centre is nothing to what is going

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on on the roof. Sometimes they need a little smoke to move them away

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from her you want to put your hive. There around 100,000 honey bees

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here, amongst the air conditioning units and clatter of a modern

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building. Surprisingly, it is perfect for them. This is a great

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location, it is in an urban setting. The bees are doing very well in

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their environment, where there are parks and gardens, railway sidings.

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There is the river. Whereas in the countryside, because of pence --

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pesticides and intensive farming, there is a loss of habitat. For bee

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numbers have fallen by 17 % because of things like pesticides, disease

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and poor weather. This has to be one of the most unusual locations I

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have ever seen. And they are here because of a new scheme called

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adopt at the height. We have a lot of research base, and it is really

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people like Richard knowing where the best things -- base is to put

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them. But we would like to know more -- do more in the future.

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are slightly bigger than the worker bees. They can get through the wire,

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but the Queen cannot. There are plans to put more bees up here.

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Luckily, this is a tale without testing. They do not go out of

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their latest in people, they are very gentle. They will only sting

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very gentle. They will only sting if they feel threatened.

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Let's take a look at the weather. I like to see the weather getting

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blamed for the decline. Eight get blamed for everything! This time

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last night we were talking about winds of up to 50 mph. Today, it

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has been over 45. So it has eased a bit but it has still been blowing

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out their. A wave from the wind, it has not been a bad picture. Some

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places have seen quite a lot of sunshine. But every now and then,

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the showers did decide to roll in. They were fairly lively as fairly

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heavy. This is the picture from 6pm. There is rain in some parts of

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Cumbria already. But for most of us, you might just hang onto a little

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bit of good weather. But the cloud is beckoning all the time, and it

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does change through the night. We have this trailing weather fronts

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moving in. It is very slow-moving, and it will move across the North

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West of England throughout tonight and for a lot of tomorrow as well.

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This weather is something you will have to get used to as you go

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through the night. It is overcast, cloudy, dull and damp. Over parts

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of northern Lancashire and in two parts of Cumbria, because the rain

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is so slow-moving, there could be 20 or 30 mm of rain between

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midnight and perhaps the tail-end of tomorrow. So it is not a great

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forecast. It is still fairly dusty from time to time. 35 mph in parts

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of Cumbria. So there we once again. Overnight, temperatures of 10-13

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degrees Celsius. Four tomorrow, look at that cloud cover and that

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training weather front, that brings light and patchy rain all day.

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There will be an improvement towards the end of the day. It will

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move into 4th -- out of the Isle of Man and out of parts of Cumbria.

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Some sunshine will try and work its way through. But it will be very

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late in the days. They do not even think it will make it into parts of

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Lancashire. That at the day progresses, you can see that

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North's divide that comes in towards the tail-end of the day.

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Temperatures are not impressive, 14-17 degrees Celsius. It gets

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better temporarily, by Thursday we have a ridge of high pressure. That

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should be a fine day. But by the end of Friday it is turning

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unsettled again. Thursday looks good!

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Gray is sure colour, then! Lancashire are fighting hard at the

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end of day two in that the size of each county championship match

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against Somerset. And after bowling Somerset out for 380, they reached

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247 for three and had half- centuries from Stephen Moore, Paul

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Horton and, -- Paul Horton and Karl Brown. But rivals Warwickshire are

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in a strong position in their match. It looks like their title.

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And with someone with an eye on that game will be Andrew Flintoff.

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It has been a few years since Andrew Flintoff was playing cricket

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at Old Trafford. But today he was back in action. He is not making a

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comeback, but instead he was joined by a host of cricketing legends and

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enthusiastic amateurs to raise enthusiastic amateurs to raise

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money for his charity. Stewart Pollitt reports.

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Freddie Flintoff is back on a cricket field - sort of. I do not

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play cricket any more. I enjoy it, however, I am not very good!

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telling that to the bass man in the firing nine. If you have to chase

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their -- take your chances when they come. You think, God, that is

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Freddie Flintoff over there! He still looks good. Better than as

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Saturday eating, anyway! I was thinking, it is fate, it is coming

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towards me, I will drop it! He sent it straight at the end I could not

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get out of the way. This is a Sunday for everyone involved. Devon

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Malcolm. The event is raising money for Freddie's charity, the AF

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Foundation, which improves children's rehabilitation and

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physiotherapy units like the one at Liverpool's Alder Hey Hospital.

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Thousands of children go through each year. With cancer, Burns,

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surgery and sports injuries. Freddie tells me you why in better

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shape than everyone else! That is because they were all out last

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night and I wasn't! Freddie's cricketing skills may be below

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Ashes winning levels, but his party in since -- seems to still be at

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2005 levels. That was a bit unfair of Tim! He

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had just won the Ashes! We are talking about what colour your

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leader is generally. What colour would you be? I think I am probably

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Orange. I can go either way, it can be sunny and warm or a bit intense.

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Interesting! Hot colour would you be? Quite, with black edges. Hot?

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